Lay Bac's Thomas hit me up this weekend with the duo's forthcoming five-track EP named Shortcuts, set for release via Zoom Lens on January 21. Delicious, mildly deranged and psychedelic summer funk grooves that might not fit the season (unless you're down there), so set your alarm to June 1 to play it again for the full effect. For now, listen to EP standout "With You, With Me" below.
Lay Bac - With You, With MeRead more →
We're back with the first Video Sunday of 2012, this week featuring some truly magnificent visuals with soundtracks of Youth Lagoon (obviously), Stay+, Woods, Buchikamashi, 9mary and Judah Warsky.
Youth Lagoon - July (Directed by Tyler T Williams)
Stay+ - Dandelion (Directed by Stay+ featuring Psychologist and Miss Ballooniverse)
Woods - Any Other Day (Video by EyeBodega, Drawings by Jeremy Earl)
Buchikamashi - Super Mind (Video by D. Voigt)
Judah Warsky - "Painkillers & Alcohol" / "Asleep in the train" (Directed by Jamie Harley)
9mary - Blow Out
Read more →
Stellar new collaboration between two of Canada's finest contemporary synth experimentalists, Frank Ouellette aka Hobo Cubes and Christian Richer of Élément Kuuda (and The Haiduks), and the second amazing Moduli TV (aka Ouellette) video of the week. Literally spaced-out visualization that perfectly underscores the duo's magnificently precise analog synth excursions. The marvelous arrangements of "The Invention" will soon find proper company with the release of a Cavernes full-length entitled Discovering Years, though the album's details remain undisclosed for now. We'll keep you informed.
Read more →
Been vibing out hard to the supreme synth jams on the latest Magic Rub Cassettes release, a superb split between Twins aka Atlanta, Georgia's Matt Weiner of Featureless Ghost and Joy and Revolution (about whom I don't have any further info except for the fact that the outfit appears to be a male/female duo). Excellent early 80s cold wave influences on both sides here that come along with some nicely dripping futurism, all in all a very rad listen and really recommended. Get the Futurescope Split Cassette now over here.
Read more →
More Software-related news towards the end of a week that has already brought us brilliant new material by label founder Joel Ford's Airbird and freshman Napolian. This time it's New York-based experimental project Megafortress, whose self-titled debut will be out on January 31, too. The man behind Megafortress is Bill Gillim aka one half of Tigercity (alongside Ford). "Green Child" is a contemplative and slow-burning, crystal-clear track that has nothing to do with the deranged proto-disco shredder of his peers Ford & Lopatin or, for that matter, Airbird. Instead, Gillim's stunning, layered falsetto vocals over sampled chimes and other elements that come close to actual musique concrète keep sending shivers of pure bliss down my spine.
Pre-order Megafortress now over here.
Read more →
With all those ramblings about Brooklyn and LA it nowadays feels like the music scene of America's Second City (do they still say that anyway?) is not getting the attention it would presumably deserve (barring some prominent exceptions), but on the other hand, maybe that is only my detached trans-Atlantic perception. In any case it's a delight to see someone boosting Chicago's underground fellowship, and Teen River, the recently founded tiny cassette imprint that's being operated by Solid Melts-affiliate Katrina Stonehart and some other equally mysterious dude (?) named Gordon, is the most wonderful example of raw artistic fervor that I've come across in ages. The venture is admirably low-profile yet also highly ambitious, aiming at putting out at least ten tapes each month (!) from fabulous exponents of the Chicago-based weirdo scene. I've been told that everyone involved in Teen River is "drowning in fun", and honestly I can't help but feel a growing amount of sincere happiness in light of such candid and unabashed, truly "indie" enthusiasm.
Below, take an exclusive look at the brand new video for "Reference Slides" by Earth Masters (aka George De Moura of Total Reality International), taken from his Ex-GF cassette that's part of Teen River's just released, massive 20-tape January batch (after the already pretty impressive first 12-tape batch released in December):
Also check out some other tunes, go here for even more, check the complete list of tapes here, and write/paypal directly to teenrivertapes@hotmail.com to get your hands on some of the beautiful, authentically DIY tapes (2 for $5, 5 for $10, 20 for $40, plus shipping - try to beat that).
Read more →
Listen to some wonderfully synthed-out retro space-age vibes by LA producer Ian Evans aka Napolian. His track "My Refuge" will appear on the Rejoice EP, scheduled to drop on January 31 via Software, which is, as you'll know, an absolutely appropriate home for Evans' metallic funk jams.
Read more →
"I sometimes imagine that reality is a thin sheet on top of everything that is actually real. If it were to peel off or rupture at any point, we would be able to see all sorts of interesting things underneath."
I've been keeping an eye up on Calgary's electronic producer Woulg ever since stumbling across his EP Floating Longingly Towards the Sun back in October last year. Once again Woulg gives us a peak into his underground world of experimental techno, this time going under the name ø]. Listen to the whole thing below.
ø]; by woulgRead more →
We're back with the first Video Sunday of 2012, this week featuring some truly magnificent visuals with soundtracks of Youth Lagoon (obviously), Stay+, Woods, Buchikamashi, 9mary and Judah Warsky.
Youth Lagoon - July (Directed by Tyler T Williams)
Stay+ - Dandelion (Directed by Stay+ featuring Psychologist and Miss Ballooniverse)
Woods - Any Other Day (Video by EyeBodega, Drawings by Jeremy Earl)
Buchikamashi - Super Mind (Video by D. Voigt)
Judah Warsky - "Painkillers & Alcohol" / "Asleep in the train" (Directed by Jamie Harley)
9mary - Blow Out
Read more →
"I sometimes imagine that reality is a thin sheet on top of everything that is actually real. If it were to peel off or rupture at any point, we would be able to see all sorts of interesting things underneath."
I've been keeping an eye up on Calgary's electronic producer